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3235 AUGUSTE RODIN(Paris 1940 - 1917 Meudon)
Petite étude pour Adam avec tête de
femme slave. Before 1890.
Bronze, brown patina. Cast from 1970.
At the backside with signature and
number: A. Rodin N°F. At the lower margin
inscribed, dated and with the foundry
mark: c Musée Rodin 1970 E. Godard
FOND Paris.
Height: 24.7 cm.
The authenticity of the work has been
confirmed by the Comité Auguste Rodin,
Paris, 4 September 2017.
Provenance:
- Musée Rodin.
- Galerie Gerald Cramer, Geneva, bought in
November 1970.
- Collection F. F. Uthemann, Geneva.
CHF 7 000 / 9 000
(€ 6 250 / 8 040)
3236* HENRY MOORE(Castleford 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham)
Two women and a child on beach. 1951.
Watercolour, wax crayon, chalk and pencil
on paper.
Signed and dated lower left: Moore 51.
57 x 41.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Constantine Fitz Gibbon, London and
Dublin, directly from the artist as a
present.
- Private collection, London, bought from
the above.
- Christie's London, 27 March 1984, lot
231A.
- Bought by the present owner from the
above auction.
Exhibition: Madrid, Galería Theo, no. 17.
Literature: Garrould, Ann: Henry Moore,
Complete Drawings 1950-76, vol. 4, Lon-
don 2003, no. AG 51.9 & HMF 2705 (with
ill. p. 47).
CHF 50 000 / 70 000
(€ 44 640 / 62 500)